Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahmanabu Husayn al-Makki that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said, "The hand is not cut off for fruit hangingon the tree and for sheep kept in the mountains. So when they aretaken from the fold or the place where the fruit is dried, a hand iscut off for whatever reaches the price of a shield."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 41, Hadith 22
Arabic reference: Book 41, Hadith 1525